Thursday, September 14, 2017

T.A.G. Testing

On
Saturday, October 14, 2017, Springfield Public Schools will hold their
district wide Spring TAG Testing
at Ridgeview Elementary School. The TAG test assesses whether or not
your child is at the 97%ile or above in the areas of Reading, Math, or
Intellectual giftedness. The 97%ile means that if your child was in a
line of 100 students, they would know more than
the first 97 students in line. These children are at the top of their
class, and typically above most students at their entire grade level at
school. If
you feel your child may fit into this category, please talk to your
child’s teacher and your school’s TAG contact to refer your child for
the spring testing.
After you refer them for testing, you will receive a packet from your
school with a parent questionnaire and more information about times of
testing for your individual child.

If your child is already
qualified as TAG, and you feel that your child may need to be
accelerated a grade level, you would also speak to your child’s teacher
and the TAG contact to refer your child for acceleration. The testing
for acceleration will take place Saturday, October 14,
2017, for the above grade level test in Reading, Math, Writing, Science,
Reference & Research and/or Social Studies. After testing, we will
meet as a team with your school to discuss the next steps and fill out
the Iowa Acceleration Scale.